Bruzilla
Well-Known Member
I think I'll add this as a Why We Drive story. 
We saw something pretty amazing last night and I wanted to share it out. Bridezilla and I took the Roadrunner out to the Sonny's BBQ in Orange Park for dinner last night. We had a great dinner and went to leave. Going out the door ahead of us was a young couple in their 20s, and they had a little boy who I would guess was 3-4 years old. He was holding Mom's hand with one hand and a sippy cup in the other. They were in an SUV parked facing the Roadrunner on the other side of the lane we were in.
I was headed to the passenger side to open the door for the wife, and the Mom and her son were ahead of me, and that little kid could not take his eyes off the Roadrunner. As they walked past it, his little head was looking right at it, and after they walked past his head was spun around and looking back at it.
I got around to my side and saw that the kid's Mom had the door of their SUV open and was getting the car seat set up, but that little kid kept staring at the car and then started pointing at it with his sippy cup, like he was saying "Hey Mom, check out the Mopar!" Then his Mom reached down to pick him up and he kept spinning around to look at the car. I started laughing and my wife asked what was so funny, and I said "Check out that kid. He's totally focused on the car. He has no clue what it is, but he knows it's different."
I reached down and beeped the horn twice, and the kid started laughing and his Mom finally looked over at us. My wife waved, and the kid dropped his cup so he could wave back. He started pulling at her hand to let him come over and they walked up to my wife's window. The kid was reaching up and touching the mirror, door, and the Mom was like "I've never seen him pay so much attention to a car before!" We got out and let him walk all around the car, and then we said bye and started the engine up to go and that kid was just standing there smiling away as we backed up and left.
Now this kid was four tops. He had no idea what a muscle car was, no idea what cars in general are, and I doubt he's ever watched a Roadrunner cartoon. His Dad never got out of their SUV, so he didn't seem like a car guy, and his wife was more interested in her son's reactions than to our car, but this little guy definitely knew there was something special about that car and he liked what he was seeing. So hopefully in a dozen or so years he'll be out there telling folks about how he still remembers seeing his first Roadrunner when he was a little kid in Orange Park, FL.
We saw something pretty amazing last night and I wanted to share it out. Bridezilla and I took the Roadrunner out to the Sonny's BBQ in Orange Park for dinner last night. We had a great dinner and went to leave. Going out the door ahead of us was a young couple in their 20s, and they had a little boy who I would guess was 3-4 years old. He was holding Mom's hand with one hand and a sippy cup in the other. They were in an SUV parked facing the Roadrunner on the other side of the lane we were in.
I was headed to the passenger side to open the door for the wife, and the Mom and her son were ahead of me, and that little kid could not take his eyes off the Roadrunner. As they walked past it, his little head was looking right at it, and after they walked past his head was spun around and looking back at it.
I got around to my side and saw that the kid's Mom had the door of their SUV open and was getting the car seat set up, but that little kid kept staring at the car and then started pointing at it with his sippy cup, like he was saying "Hey Mom, check out the Mopar!" Then his Mom reached down to pick him up and he kept spinning around to look at the car. I started laughing and my wife asked what was so funny, and I said "Check out that kid. He's totally focused on the car. He has no clue what it is, but he knows it's different."
I reached down and beeped the horn twice, and the kid started laughing and his Mom finally looked over at us. My wife waved, and the kid dropped his cup so he could wave back. He started pulling at her hand to let him come over and they walked up to my wife's window. The kid was reaching up and touching the mirror, door, and the Mom was like "I've never seen him pay so much attention to a car before!" We got out and let him walk all around the car, and then we said bye and started the engine up to go and that kid was just standing there smiling away as we backed up and left.
Now this kid was four tops. He had no idea what a muscle car was, no idea what cars in general are, and I doubt he's ever watched a Roadrunner cartoon. His Dad never got out of their SUV, so he didn't seem like a car guy, and his wife was more interested in her son's reactions than to our car, but this little guy definitely knew there was something special about that car and he liked what he was seeing.
So hopefully in a dozen or so years he'll be out there telling folks about how he still remembers seeing his first Roadrunner when he was a little kid in Orange Park, FL. 
